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Brasília is the federal capital of Brazil and also houses the government of the
Federal District. The city is located along the brazilian highlands in the
country's Midwest Region.
lt was founded on April 21th, 1960, in order to serve as the new national
capital. Brasília was planned and developed by Mr. Lúcio Costa and Mr.
Oscar Niemeyer in 1956 in order to relocate the capital from Rio de
Janeiro to a more central location.
The landscape architect was Mr. Roberto Burle Marx.
The design of the city divides itself into numbered blocks as well as
sectors for specified activities, such as the Hotel Sector, the Banking
Sector and the Embassy Sector.
Brasília has
been
chosen as a UNESCO World Heritage
because of its modernist architecture and uniquely artistic urban planning.
The city has a unique status in Brazil, as an administrative division instead
of a legal municipality like other cities in the country. Nationally, the term is
almost always used as a synonymous " The Federal District", which
constitutes an indivisible Federative Unit.
Several satellite cities are also part of the Federal District.
The centers of all three branches of the federal government of Brazil are
in Brasília, including the Congress, Presidency, and Supreme Court.
The city also hosts a total of 135 foreign embassies. The JK
Brasília lnternational Airport connects
the
capital to all major
Brazilian cities and many international destinations, and is the second
busiest airport in Brazil.
"The sky is the sea of Brasília" (Lúcio Costa)
SECTORIZATION - About the structure and the road system, the city
has defined large areas of preferential or exclusive use.
In
addition
to
the
monumental and residential areas were
distinguished specific sectors. In the case of the central area , the specifics
wanted to provide the right order , or preference , to ensure adequate
space to the functions and activities that they knew to be essential to
city life .
This means that the
Commercial Sector
needs not be
commercial, but rather commercial, as well as at other sectors .
only
SCALES - The four scales are present in all areas of the Pilot Plan,
always there the dominance of one of them , but with all of
those combined.
The maintenance of the Brasília Pilot Plan will be
ensured by preserving the characteristics of scale.
Brazilian Posts National Postal Museum in Brasília.
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